The Kano state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Friday said arrangements had been concluded to employ a foreign expert for the effective management of the N5 billion Aliko Dangote Skills Acquisition Centre located at Gurjiya town, in Dawakin Kudu local government area, that “will soon be commissioned.”
Speaking after inspecting the Centre, Ganduje said already, Aliko Dangote had agreed take the responsibilities of paying the salary of the expatriate for six years.
Blueprint reports that Ganduje had bought state-of-art equipment worth N2.5 billion from the United Kingdom which were installed in the Centre, named after business mogul, Aliko Dangote.
According to Ganduje, the structure of the Centre which has about 24 different crafts departments also cost about N2.5 Billion.
He said further that why he was employing an expatriate to manage the Centre for about three years was to imbibe the culture of prudent management so as to avoid the Centre from collapse.
He said CCTV Camera would also be installed for property security of the management, staff, students and the state-of-the-art equipment at the Centre.
He said, “By the grace of God, our son who we mention this Centre after his name, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has agreed to pay the foreigner for, at least, six years. We know he will be able to pay it. Again, in order to ensure the safety of the equipment at the Centre, we are going to install CCTV cameras everywhere so that even if you pick a pin, you will be captured. The camera will pick you so that business will not be as usual.
“We assure you this Centre will serve the people of Kano state. It will also serve people from other parts of the country. We are going to collaborate with the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) and the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) because we cannot do it alone.
“Our intention is to come out with the best way to manage this Centre. We are coming out with the best way to sustain this Centre and make it beneficial to the good people of Kano state.”
